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J. L. BEATTIE GARMENT Filed Aug. 26, 1927 Patented Jan. l, 1929.

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This invention relatesto wearing apparel, and particularly to an outer garment or coat-like garment having novel elements and structure, effective to protect scatssuch as automobile seats, from damage by water or moisture emanating from bathing suits worn by passengers of the automobile after bathing.

It is well known that in many localities where bathing is done, the bath houses or facilities for changing clothes at t-he locations are wanting and the bathers in large numbers during a season'go to and from the beaches or bathing locations in automobiles ready dressed for the water. On the return from the bathing, these bathing suits are often wet or saturated and this results in damage to the upholstery of automobiles which this invention is intended to obviate.

It is an object, therefore, of the invention to provide a novel waterproof protector or lining for an outer coat or garment in such parts of the garment as would cause the protection of the upholstery, whereas other parts of the garment are not waterproof, but the said garments are constructed to permit ventilation, especially at the shoul ders for the comfort of the wearer.

It is an object of this invention to provide a waterproof lining so arranged and attached to the garment as to prevent gathers or fullness that would be unsightly; and it is a further object to provide a novel fastening between the lining and the garment, so protected as to prevent leakage where the lining is fastened to the garment.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in. detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 illustrates a view in perspective of a garment embodying the invention;

Figure 2 illustrates a horizontal sectional view through the garment and lining, with one edge straight;

Figure 3 illustrates an enlarged sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; and

Figure 4: illustrates a diagrammatic view of the neck portion of the garment.

In carrying the invention into practice,

Application filed August 26, 192'?. ySerial No. 215,578.

woven or knitted fabric, or cloth, and in its construction, the upper edge of the material near each side edge is'cut away to form a ii-shaped clearance 6. Each marginal edge 7 is then preferably manipulated to cause it to lie concentric or parallel with but in overlapped relation to the edge 8V and the parts thus assembled are secured together by sewing in order that the neck of the garment may be properly shap'ed.

The upper edge of the garment is then cut to form armholes 9, in each of which a sleeve 10l is inserted and secured, it being shown that the materials at the upper edges of the holes are stitched together, as shown at 11, to give shape to the shoulder portion of the garment, and a suitable collar 12 may also be attached to the upper edge of the garment.

A waterproof lining 13 for the garment preferably extends from a location above the waistline to its lower edge, or approxi-v mat-ely so. The waterproof material is secured to the garment at the upper edge of the said waterproof material by suitable stitching 14., and the waterproof-material is also secured to the garment by stitching 15 at the side edges, but the said waterproof material is unsecured to the garment at the lower edge of said waterproof material, as it is the purpose of the inventor to permit the garment and lining to adjust themselves relative to each other without their becoming baggy, or without there beingthe appearance of fullness of one with respect to the other.

The garment and lining are secured together by vertically extending stitchings, such as 16,v and at these locations the lining is pleated or doubled on itself to produce protecting thicknesses, one over the other, as indicated'at 17, 18 and 19, a condition which will prevent leakage through the thread holes of the lining or garment. llt is seen from the drawing that the stitching 16 extends through two layers of the lining and the garment and that the lining is then doubled over the stitching and extends in a direction opposite that portion of the lining that is secured to the garment, and this protects the stitching and prevents moisture from passing through the holes formed by the stitching. y

In the formation of the garment with the lining applied thereto, the side edges of the garment are folded in to form facings and they preferably overlap the edges of the lining which arrangement results in a proper iinish of the garment. 1

The inventor does not Wish to be limited With respect to the manner in which the lining is secured tothe garment at its upper edge, but, in practice, the upper edge is hemmed and double stitched and those skilled in the art Will understand that these details may be changed to suit particular requirements, which includes the consider tion of they material ot the outer garment and the lining and the'like.

The garment is of great utility, convenience and comfort When Worn in transit to and from bathing beaches, and the garment may be regarded as an automobile beach coat.

I claim:

A coat-like garment having a Water-proot` lining extending from a location above the Waist line and below the armholes to approximately the bottom of the garment, the said lining being secured to the garment by stitching exending longitudinally of the garment, the said lining having transversely disposed pleats at the seams extending across the said stitching whereby the stitch holes of each seam are covered by a pleat of the said lining' JAMES L. BEATTIE 

